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Collection of the private acts of the General Assembly of the state of North Carolina: from the year 1715, to the year 1790, inclusive, now in force and use

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thereto, by a certificate und=r Ills hand nnH feit, to have cr.e hundred -seres of the fard land laid off lor a tovr>.
1 . Be it tber-fore enacled, by the Governor, Council, and <' v. <v, u»d by the authority of. the /ami, t'Mt ih-faid
o ; h iti( red .i.r-s, of an i */he . the la ne tiull ^e Uj«l o.i according tu t) e direction ol chig aci, b.j
, and the tame it
hereby ronftitct <', ei cled, Jnd i ftabl (heel a town, ai.u (hall be.ca.jiMi lytic naneol Elizabeth -town.
IK. find be it further en i f.'d, hy the iutwity 'iFjrefuid, mat jrom and after the pairing or .tluVaft, Walter Gibfan,^.
WiUhm^Sulter, "fanes White', Junes Bailey, and Binjuinm Humphrey, JJ ( juire , be, and tliejr, and every ol them,
arch reby coafluured, directors and craltses, for dyjjpJBg, building, and carrying ou faid toyien,.audvthey ihall tfand
ieize.l ct an indefeaftoe eftate in fee of the faid one nuadred acre-s or land, to a id mr ibe uies, intents, ai:o pcrpcf.s, .
hereby expr ffjd and declared ; air.', they, or any three of them, (hail have lull po - er and aaihoi icy to meLt as cft< n
as ti.ey (hail think neceiTary, and to appoint a public quay at fuch place pa me faid river tor a pn lie landing-, as to .
the^n ill lit feem convenient, and to lay but three acres of the faid one hundred lor a market place, nnd otiirr public
bulldogs and the refidne thereof into lots, ftreets, lanes, and alleys, or lo much oi the lan.e as u ili ffiaka at leaft .
one htnd'rcd and twenty lots, oiF I -lit an acre each, andcaufe a plan thereof to be made, and their- n to inlert a mark
and number to each lot , and as ioon a-, the laid town Ihall be laid off as aforefaid, they, and each or them, (hall have
power to take lubferiptions for the laid lots ol Iticli perions as are willing to ii.bknbe tar them ; and when the laid
directors have taken fubicriptions for fe.enty loss or upw ards, they fhallaj point a day., and give public notice to the
fubferibersof the day appointed for the drawing of the laid lots, which (hail be done by ballot, in a fair and open .
Manner, by the direction and in the pretence of the majority of the laid directors at lead ; sad tach fubferiber Ihall
be intitled to the lot or lots which (hall happen to be draw n foi him, and coxreipond with the mark or number ccn.
tainedin the pi in tor laid town : and the laid directors, or a majority of them-, ihali make and execute deeds for
eraniing arid conveying the laid one hundred and twenty lob to the lubkubcr* their heirs and afligns, for ever;
and a'.fo to every other perfon wiio ihall puschafe any other lot or lots in the f.id town, at the proper coth and
charges of the laid grantee, to whom the laid iot or lots (hall be conveyed ; ana every perfon claiming any lot.orluts
bv virtue ofany men conveyance, Ihall and may hold and eujo, tile lame in iee ii ,ni,b. .
' IV. Provided neverfkiefs, that every granue of any lot or lots in the laid io.\n fo conveved, fliaJl within ihree
years next atter the date of the conveyance fc-r the lame, erect, baiid, ano fini.h, on eacn lot io conveyed, one v ell
framed or brick hojl'e, fifteen Feet [quare at the leaft, and i iic leet pitcn m the clear, or proportionable to inch di«
menfiahs it iuch orantee Ihall ha^e two oeanorelats contiguous ; and if the awner.of any kt or lots Ihall fail topur-fueor
comply with the directions Hi this actprefcribed tor the building and findhing. a hoafe thereon, then fuch lo:
or lotr, upon which iuch honle (hall not be buiUand finiftied as aioi«ii?id, (ball oe reveued in the laid directors ;,»nd
the laid directors, or a majority cf the m, may, and are Hereby iinpowered and au.iior.zcd, to fell luch lot or lots
for the belt price that can be ha I, to any perfon applying for the lam?, and grant and convey inch lot or lots to fuch
reifonor perfoss, under the' like. regulations and r.eilr.iciions, as the lan>e. v. as or were formerly granted ; and the
money arifirtg from fuch (ales to be applied by tne laid directors, or a majority. cl.taem, lonhe benefit, and i-nprcve-n
ent of the faid town.
V. And be it further smiled, by the authority afirefaidi that eacn respective fubferiber, -who (hall fubferibe for any
lot or lots in the laid town, Ihall within one month after it Ihall be afceruin d to whom eacn of tlie faid lots doth be-long,
in manner herein before mentioned, pay and fr.itly to the laid directors, or to one ot them, the futa of. forty
{hillings, proclamation money, for each lot by him lubknbd lor ; and 1.. c.k of the reiul'al or neglect of, any fub cri-ber
to^pay thefum, the laid directors Ihall and may commence and pro.s.uie a fun in their own naves for the fame.
and therein (hall recover judgment* with colts ot fnit : and the. la'td d,rectors, (ball, as f< on as ti.cy receive the laid
money, pay and fatisfy the laid h'aac fanes-, his he rs or alligns, t.ie lum or thirty five (1 tilings, proclamation money,
for each lot, in lull latisfaction for the laid land ; and the other five failings (haJI be applied towards defraying the
cxpence of laving off and improving the faid town, as a majority of then. rectors Jh.ll t' ink proper. .
VI. Provided net'erthetefs, that tn° laid 1/aac Junes (hall have and keep tohiso.wi ufe his tan yard, mill and bark
houles, with luch lo:s as he fiiall chcofe adjoining them, not exect ding foui lots, exchiiire of the laid one hundred
acres; an J that nothing in this aftcontaintd lhail be coniirned ores. end to grant power to the faid diredors, or th-ir
jure Aprs, or any other freeholder of the laid town, to keep a push* ierry at the f.iid landing, to to be appointed by
the fa:d directors, in prejudice to the terry of the (aid lfuac Jones, now b> law ellabhfhed : and in caje it ihould .here-after
be found nccefTary to erect a public or other terry at the laid lauding, the r ght of keeping the farae (hall remain
tothe faid lfuac J»nes, his heirs or afhgns, until he or they (liail rtfule to comply with the lei ms by law prelcnbed
for ei ectrag and keeping public ferries.
VII. And for con;inuing trie lucceffion of lhe directors until the (aid town fiiall be incorporated, he it further wait-td,
hy the authority afm (aid, in cafe ot the death, or reti fal io act, or r< nioval out cf the c< unty of any t J il;e fa'd di-rectors,
the furviving-or other directors, or the major pin t o! them, lh ill alfemble, and are hereby impowered, from
time to time, by iuftrument in writing under their refpecf.ve hands and leals, to nominate i'o.ne other perfon, being
a freeholder of faid town, in place of him (o dying, refufingto au, oraremovrng out pftbe county ; wnich new du
ie:t.r fo nominated and appointed, Ilia 1 from tnencetortn have the like power and authority in all things in the mat.
ter herein coi taineei. as if he had been expielily named and appojiited m and by this act.. .
The reji Qb/olete.

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thereto, by a certificate und=r Ills hand nnH feit, to have cr.e hundred -seres of the fard land laid off lor a tovr>.
1 . Be it tber-fore enacled, by the Governor, Council, and e. v. as or were formerly granted ; and the
money arifirtg from fuch (ales to be applied by tne laid directors, or a majority. cl.taem, lonhe benefit, and i-nprcve-n
ent of the faid town.
V. And be it further smiled, by the authority afirefaidi that eacn respective fubferiber, -who (hall fubferibe for any
lot or lots in the laid town, Ihall within one month after it Ihall be afceruin d to whom eacn of tlie faid lots doth be-long,
in manner herein before mentioned, pay and fr.itly to the laid directors, or to one ot them, the futa of. forty
{hillings, proclamation money, for each lot by him lubknbd lor ; and 1.. c.k of the reiul'al or neglect of, any fub cri-ber
to^pay thefum, the laid directors Ihall and may commence and pro.s.uie a fun in their own naves for the fame.
and therein (hall recover judgment* with colts ot fnit : and the. la'td d,rectors, (ball, as f< on as ti.cy receive the laid
money, pay and fatisfy the laid h'aac fanes-, his he rs or alligns, t.ie lum or thirty five (1 tilings, proclamation money,
for each lot, in lull latisfaction for the laid land ; and the other five failings (haJI be applied towards defraying the
cxpence of laving off and improving the faid town, as a majority of then. rectors Jh.ll t' ink proper. .
VI. Provided net'erthetefs, that tn° laid 1/aac Junes (hall have and keep tohiso.wi ufe his tan yard, mill and bark
houles, with luch lo:s as he fiiall chcofe adjoining them, not exect ding foui lots, exchiiire of the laid one hundred
acres; an J that nothing in this aftcontaintd lhail be coniirned ores. end to grant power to the faid diredors, or th-ir
jure Aprs, or any other freeholder of the laid town, to keep a push* ierry at the f.iid landing, to to be appointed by
the fa:d directors, in prejudice to the terry of the (aid lfuac Jones, now b> law ellabhfhed : and in caje it ihould .here-after
be found nccefTary to erect a public or other terry at the laid lauding, the r ght of keeping the farae (hall remain
tothe faid lfuac J»nes, his heirs or afhgns, until he or they (liail rtfule to comply with the lei ms by law prelcnbed
for ei ectrag and keeping public ferries.
VII. And for con;inuing trie lucceffion of lhe directors until the (aid town fiiall be incorporated, he it further wait-td,
hy the authority afm (aid, in cafe ot the death, or reti fal io act, or r< nioval out cf the c< unty of any t J il;e fa'd di-rectors,
the furviving-or other directors, or the major pin t o! them, lh ill alfemble, and are hereby impowered, from
time to time, by iuftrument in writing under their refpecf.ve hands and leals, to nominate i'o.ne other perfon, being
a freeholder of faid town, in place of him (o dying, refufingto au, oraremovrng out pftbe county ; wnich new du
ie:t.r fo nominated and appointed, Ilia 1 from tnencetortn have the like power and authority in all things in the mat.
ter herein coi taineei. as if he had been expielily named and appojiited m and by this act.. .
The reji Qb/olete.